Continuing Education and Special Learning Activities
Standard Two: Educational Program and its Effectiveness
Supporting Documentation
- 2A: General Requirements and Undergraduate Program
- 2B: Graduate Program
- 2C: Continuing Education and Special Learning Activities
Continuing Education and Special Learning Activities
Required Documentation
RD 2C-01: Organizational charts which show the relationship of continuing education to various academic units of the institution, including the internal organization of the continuing education unit.
- UM Organizational Chart
- Continuing Education Organizational Chart
- Continuing Education Mission Statement
- Extended Learning Services Mission Statement, Goals, and Objectives
RD 2C-02: Summary listing of off-campus programs, directors, sites, and enrollments.
RD 2C-03: Policy and procedures for institutional approval of off-campus and special programs and courses.
- Curriculum Review Policies and Procedures
- Faculty Senate: Online Course Development Policy and Process
- Faculty Senate: Online Courses - Principles of Quality
- Board of Regents Policy 303.7: Distributed Learning; Montana University System
- Board of Regents Policy 304.1: Continuing Education; Credit Programs
- Board of Regents Policy 304.2: Continuing Education; Non-credit Programs
Required Exhibits
RE 2C-01: Catalogs, brochures, announcements, and class schedules for special programs.
- Hard copy materials available in Exhibit Room under RE 2C-01
- UM Online
- Summer Session
- Wintersession
- Off-Campus Programs
- Bitterroot College Program
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UM
RE 2C-02: Policies regarding the award of credit based on prior experiential learning, including the distribution of credits, by term, for the past two years.
- Not Applicable
RE 2C-03: Policies that address all items of Standard Indicator 2.A.10 regarding award of credit.
RE 2C-04: List of all courses and programs taught by nontraditional instructional formats for the past three years, indicating the course, type and duration of instruction, number of credits, enrollment, and location.
- Online Course Sections
- Other Non-Traditional Course Format Sections
- CE Programs with Average Enrollments, FY 2007-FY 2009
RE 2C-05: Budgetary information and financial arrangements relating to continuing education and special learning activities.
- Addressed within self-study report, Standard 2 (page 78 including Table 2-03)
RE 2C-06: Studies demonstrating comparability of outcomes for courses or programs offered under concentrated or accelerated time frames, or other nontraditional instructional formats.
- Comparability of Outcomes Summary Statement
- WRIT 101: Composition and Sustainability (example)
RE 2C-07: Policies regarding admission, transfer of prior earned credit, credit by examination (e.g. College Level Examination Program [CLEP]), credit for prior experiential learning, credit by evaluation and residency requirements as they apply to external degrees, degree-completion programs, or special degrees.
- Admission Information
- Transfer of Prior Earned Credit
- Credit by Examination - Not Applicable
- Credit for Prior Experiential Learning - Not Applicable
- Credit by Evaluation - Not Applicable
- Residency Eligibility Information
RE 2C-08: Sample transcript with explanation of codes showing designations for credit for prior experiential learning and non-degree credit.
- Not Applicable
RE 2C-09: Contractual agreements with other institutions or travel agencies.
- Social Work Program at Flathead Valley Community College
- Interinstitutional Agreement with Flathead Valley Community College
RE 2C-10: Criteria and procedures for admission of students and awarding of credit; procedures for maintenance of student records.
- Office of the Registrar
- Board of Regents Policy 303.7: Distributed Learning; Montana University System
- Board of Regents Policy 304.1: Continuing Education; Credit Programs
RE 2C-11: Catalogs, brochures, and announcements for continuing education courses and programs, and special learning activities.
- Hard copy materials available (in Exhibit Room under RE 2C-01)
- UM Online
- Summer Session
- Wintersession
- Off-Campus Programs
- Bitterroot College Program
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UM
RE 2C-12: Criteria and procedures for registration of students and awarding of units; procedures for keeping student records.
- Office of the Registrar
- Board of Regents Policy 303.7: Distributed Learning; Montana University System
- Board of Regents Policy 304.1: Continuing Education; Credit Programs
RE 2C-13: Procedures for involving appropriate institutional personnel in program approval and development.
- Curriculum Review Policies and Procedures
- Faculty Senate: Online Course Development Policy and Process
- Faculty Senate: Online Courses - Principles of Quality
Other Supporting Materials
- UFA Collective Bargaining Agreement, Section 14.100
- Board of Regents Policy 401.3: Copyrights
- Copyright Memorandum of Understanding Template
- Mansfield Library Guide: Copyright Issues and Resources
OSM 2C-02: Mansfield Library Support
- Distance Education Library Services
- "Chat with a Librarian"
- Ask a UM Librarian Email Submission
- Library Hours
- "The Research Planner" Planning Tool
- Copyright Issues and Resources
OSM 2C-03: New Course Proposal Form
OSM 2C-04: Student/Faculty Instructional Support Services
- XLS: Instructional Design and Development
- UM Online Performance Support
- Extended Learning Institute
- Online Writing Tutoring for Students
- Online Learner Support Survey Summary - March 2009